Cryptocurrency investment has become an increasingly popular avenue for generating income and building long-term financial security. However, earning through cryptocurrencies doesn’t always require active buying and selling. In fact, there are several indirect methods to earn cryptocurrencies that involve minimal…
Link: https://qz.com/cryptocurrency-passive-income-staking-mining-lending-1851700731
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:00:00 GMT
Speed is still king in fast food – but accuracy and friendliness aren’t too far behind.
Link: https://qz.com/fast-food-chains-speed-mcdonalds-taco-bell-kfc-wendys-1851700709
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:00:00 GMT
The global economy remained sluggish last year for most people, struggling with inflation and cost-of-living crises. For one demographic, however, financial success remains as attainable as ever: the number of billionaires in the world increased again in 2023.
Link: https://qz.com/10-cities-with-the-most-billionaires-1851704408
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:00:00 GMT
Nvidia’s (NVDA) fiscal third quarter revenues beat Wall Street’s expectations for another straight quarter at a record $35.1 billion — up 94% from a year ago.
Link: https://qz.com/nvidia-third-quarter-earnings-blackwell-data-center-ai-1851704373
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 23:15:00 GMT
McDonald’s is preparing for a fresh wave of value offerings in 2025, with hopes it can win back customers feeling the pinch of rising restaurant prices.
Link: https://qz.com/mcdonalds-mcvalue-promotion-mcrib-chicken-big-mac-1851704377
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 21:50:00 GMT
After reporting record earnings for its fiscal second quarter on Aug. 30, Nvidia’s (NVDA) shares tumbled after investors were left unimpressed by its guidance for the fiscal third quarter.
Link: https://qz.com/investors-bullish-nvidia-fiscal-q3-earnings-ai-chips-1851704016
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 20:11:46 GMT
The International Space Station (ISS) has an air leakage problem — and tensions between the U.S. and Russia appear to be getting in the way of a solution.
Link: https://qz.com/the-international-space-station-air-leakage-problem-1851704247
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:50:00 GMT
America’s roads have been becoming safer in the years since fatalities spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, but a group of Democratic senators are telling the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) that they’re still far too dangerous. In a letter to the agency released Wednesday, they are…
Link: https://qz.com/letter-nhtsa-democratic-senators-traffic-fatalities-1851704163
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:09:00 GMT
McDonald’s is ending its McRib hiatus.
Link: https://qz.com/mcdonalds-mcrib-return-e-coli-outbreak-1851704095
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 18:41:00 GMT
At its investor day Wednesday, Delta Air Lines (DAL) plotted a slow and steady course toward a cautiously optimistic 2025. But one proposal that caught analysts’ eyes was a move to break up its flight classes even further from the half-dozen options that passengers already have to choose from.
Link: https://qz.com/delta-air-lines-first-class-business-class-new-classes-1851704041
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 18:28:30 GMT
Andrew Krei, co-chief investment officer at Crescent Grove Advisors, spoke with Quartz for the latest installment of our “Smart Investing” video series.
Link: https://qz.com/nvidia-and-the-rest-of-the-magnificent-7-create-a-risky-1851704113
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 18:22:00 GMT
Bitcoin passed $94,000 for the first time following reports that President-elect Donald Trump’s media company could be close to buying a cryptocurrency trading platform. Additionally, earlier this week, several Bitcoin ETFs began trading on the Nasdaq, offering investors a new way to gain exposure to Bitcoin without…
Link: https://qz.com/bitcoin-price-volatility-trump-crypto-1851703690
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 18:20:00 GMT
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to oversee the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has reported owning as much as $600,000 in stock from companies benefiting from private Medicare services.
Link: https://qz.com/dr-oz-donald-trump-rfk-jr-medicare-unitedhealth-cvs-1851703782
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:15:00 GMT
Amazon (AMZN), Walmart (WMT), and Target (TGT) are racing to capture the attention – and wallets – of budget-conscious shoppers as Black Friday and Cyber Monday quickly approach.
Link: https://qz.com/amazon-walmart-black-friday-2024-deals-apple-airpods-1851703818
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:53:00 GMT
A future where everyone has an artificial intelligence-powered assistant might not be too far off.
Link: https://qz.com/ai-agents-chatbots-openai-microsoft-chatgpt-1851700919
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:50:00 GMT
Target’s (TGT) price cuts and early holiday promotions aren’t delivering the expected results. Target stock plummeted by more than 21% on Wednesday morning after it reported disappointing third-quarter earnings. Despite slashing prices on thousands of items and seeing a slight uptick in customer traffic,…
Link: https://qz.com/target-q3-2025-earnings-stock-price-cuts-retail-1851703612
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:44:00 GMT
Delta Air Lines (DAL) wants Wall Street to know it’s playing the long game. At its annual investor day on Wednesday in New York, the carrier outlined a conservative growth strategy focused on premium travelers and debt reduction rather than rapid expansion.
Link: https://qz.com/delta-air-lines-investor-day-2025-forecast-1851703881
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:39:29 GMT
The founder of an AI startup once featured on Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list was charged Tuesday with defrauding investors.
Link: https://qz.com/ai-ceo-joanna-smith-griffin-arrested-allhere-1851703910
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:38:05 GMT
Weight-loss drug makers are directly targeting employers in a campaign to expand health insurance coverage of their popular, but pricey, medications.
Link: https://qz.com/wegovy-zepbound-insurance-coverage-1851703905
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:14:00 GMT
Fine arts collectors will soon have an opportunity to own a one-of-a-kind bronze sculpture, based on the only known wax cast created by Leonardo da Vinci.
Link: https://qz.com/bronze-cast-of-only-known-da-vinci-sculpture-for-sale-1851703829
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:34:51 GMT
Link: https://qz.com/nvidia-mag-7-earnings-success-risky-scenario-stocks-1851703831
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:18:55 GMT
Mortgage rates are back up to almost 7% in a reversal of some of the declines in recent months, pointing to growing concerns about future inflation.
Link: https://qz.com/mortgage-rates-inflation-fed-interest-cuts-treasury-1851702621
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 14:28:00 GMT
Outdated technology, codenames, and paranoia have marked the better part of the last two decades at Google (GOOGL).
Link: https://qz.com/google-alphabet-antitrust-cases-messaging-history-1851703714
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:50:00 GMT
Delta Airlines (DAL) CEO Ed Bastian is cautiously optimistic about President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration, after what he called a “level of overreach” over the past four years of the Biden administration.
Link: https://qz.com/delta-air-lines-investor-day-donald-trump-regulations-1851703689
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:22:00 GMT
Target (TGT) has found a way to remain competitive against retail giants like Walmart (WMT) and Amazon (AMZN), proving it can balance affordability with quality even in the face of rising costs and shifting shopping habits. But its latest earnings will reveal whether its recent strategies for doing so are paying off…
Link: https://qz.com/target-q3-2025-earnings-retail-walmart-amazon-consumers-1851702946
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 11:05:08 GMT
Cars have more safety features than ever, but that isn’t stopping deadly auto collisions. An estimated 18,720 people died in car crashes in the U.S. between January and June in 2024, according to government statistics.
Link: https://qz.com/car-brands-safety-fatal-crashes-tesla-kia-buick-dodge-1851701817
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 10:00:00 GMT
When it comes to fast food, speed is crucial, but accuracy is just as important.
Link: https://qz.com/fast-food-orders-accurate-mcdonalds-burger-king-wendys-1851700321
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 10:00:00 GMT
Flying was long thought of as a luxury beyond the reach of the average American. That changed as the industry matured and a greater number of airlines emerged to service budget-conscious travelers, which brought about a welcome drop in prices.
Link: https://qz.com/most-expensive-domestic-airfares-ranked-1851695243
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 10:00:00 GMT
After Morgan Stanley’s (MS) bullish outlook, another financial giant has joined the optimistic chorus for the S&P 500 in 2025. What’s more, it expects the growth of the S&P 500 to occur without relying on the outperformance of the Magnificent Seven, marking a notable shift in market dynamics.
Link: https://qz.com/goldman-sachs-s-p-500-magnificent-seven-1851703165
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:35:28 GMT
Delta Air Lines (DAL) is about to start serving a tasty new item on its first-class menu. The company announced Tuesday that premium flyers will soon be able to chow down on Shake Shack burgers mid-air.
Link: https://qz.com/delta-air-lines-shake-shack-first-class-1851703059
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:34:15 GMT
Tax prep company stocks are falling as Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) reportedly has its sights locked on simplifying the tax code — and helping Americans file for free.
Link: https://qz.com/intuit-h-r-block-stock-tax-filing-elon-musk-doge-trump-1851703187
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:19:00 GMT
President-elect Donald Trump has picked Howard Lutnick, chief executive officer of investment giant Cantor Fitzgerald, as his Commerce Secretary.
Link: https://qz.com/trump-lutnick-commerce-department-tariffs-trade-cantor-1851702844
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 19:40:00 GMT
Walmart (WMT) may have no choice but to raise prices on certain items if proposed tariffs on imports are enacted under President-elect Donald Trump’s administration, according to a company executive.
Link: https://qz.com/walmart-raises-prices-if-trump-tariff-proposal-retail-1851702964
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 19:12:03 GMT
One of the smaller U.S. airlines just announced a major expansion.
Link: https://qz.com/allegiant-air-expansion-44-routes-spirit-bankrupt-1851702893
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:11:00 GMT
The Department of Justice may push for Google (GOOGL) to sell off its Chrome browser in an effort to break up the tech giant’s dominance of the search engine market.
Link: https://qz.com/google-chrome-sale-doj-antitrust-crackdown-regulators-1851702546
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:56:00 GMT
The weight loss drug boom is here, and even retailers like Walmart are starting to feel the pressure to compete.
Link: https://qz.com/walmart-weight-loss-boom-ozempic-wegovy-sales-decline-1851702779
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:52:48 GMT
A Nestle executive said on Tuesday that the company is not too worried about the possibility of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been highly critical of packaged and processed food in the U.S., becoming the next leader of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Link: https://qz.com/rfk-jr-nestle-processed-food-1851702841
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:25:00 GMT
Elon Musk on Tuesday went to bat for former Rep. Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial pick for attorney general, slamming allegations against him as “worth less than nothing.”
Link: https://qz.com/elon-musk-donald-trump-matt-gaetz-allegations-ag-tesla-1851702764
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:25:00 GMT
As the bankruptcy of Spirit Airlines winds its way through the courts, the rest of the industry is likely trying to figure out how the development will affect their own operations. Deutsche Bank (DB) says that two Spirit-familiar names, JetBlue Airways (JBLU) and Frontier Airlines (ULCC), could stand to benefit more…
Link: https://qz.com/spirit-airlines-bankruptcy-jetblue-frontier-overlap-1851702719
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:21:27 GMT
Another Nvidia (NVDA) customer is ready to launch the chipmaker’s highly-anticipated new artificial intelligence platform.
Link: https://qz.com/microsoft-launch-preview-nvidia-blackwell-ai-chip-azure-1851702718
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:03:00 GMT
Super Micro Computer stock (SMCI) surged more than 30% on Tuesday morning after the AI hardware company successfully maintained its Nasdaq (NDAQ) listing by hiring a new auditor. The move comes several weeks after the server company’s auditor, Ernst & Young, resigned, following months of disagreement over Super Micro…
Link: https://qz.com/super-micro-auditor-compliance-nasdaq-1851702728
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:41:49 GMT
Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged nearly 350 points Tuesday morning after Russian President Vladimir Putin lowered the bar for the use of nuclear weapons. That came just days after President Joe Biden signed off on the use of American-made long-rage missiles by Ukraine.
Link: https://qz.com/djia-sp-500-nasdaq-markets-putin-nuclear-russia-biden-1851702586
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:35:00 GMT
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to slap foreign imports with a wide range of tariffs, making Citadel CEO Ken Griffin “very anxious.”
Link: https://qz.com/donald-trump-tariff-tax-ken-griffin-anxious-deport-doge-1851702619
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:05:59 GMT
A record-breaking number of Americans are set to travel more than 50 miles from home this Thanksgiving weekend, according to AAA.
Link: https://qz.com/thanksgiving-travel-is-expected-to-set-new-records-1851702692
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:59:00 GMT
China’s answer to being banned from Nvidia’s (NVDA) artificial intelligence chips is reportedly being stalled by U.S. trade restrictions.
Link: https://qz.com/huawei-advanced-chips-ai-smartphone-china-us-sanctions-1851702545
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:35:00 GMT
President-elect Donald Trump has made it abundantly clear that he really likes rockets. On Tuesday, he’s expected to watch his ally launch a fully reusable, 400-foot mega-rocket out of southern Texas, according to reports.
Link: https://qz.com/elon-musk-donald-trump-spacex-starship-test-launch-1851702558
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:22:00 GMT
Walmart (WMT) is hitting the sweet spot with both high- and low-income shoppers.
Link: https://qz.com/walmart-q3-2024-earnings-inflation-shoppers-income-1851702304
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 12:55:00 GMT
Chip design leader Nvidia (NVDA) plans to report earnings for the fiscal third quarter on Wednesday.
Link: https://qz.com/nvidia-q3-2024-earnings-ai-chips-blackwell-1851699350
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 11:50:52 GMT
Oura smart rings will soon be able to give users deeper insights about their blood sugar levels through a new partnership with Dexcom (DXCM), the maker of the U.S.’s first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor.
Link: https://qz.com/oura-dexcom-partnership-glucose-1851702256
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 11:00:00 GMT